Monday, December 28, 2015

Why do I go to Conowingo Dam every year? The numbers. I don't know of anywhere else I would get the opportunity to see the numbers of Bald Eagles as I would/do get at the Dam. This picture was taken at about 10 am just as the fog was starting to lift. You gotta remember that there are eagles in the trees behind me. And sitting on the dam walls. And on the power towers on the island. The rest of those big birds sitting on the rocks are Black Vultures.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

San Juan County Fire Department, District 12, US 491, Shiprock, New Mexico. San Juan County. Shiprock Fire Department joined San Juan County Fire Department in 1992 and covers 982 square miles of New Mexico's northwest corner, on Navajo Indian Reservation. All from one station with 30 volunteers and four pieces of apparatus.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas from all the staff here at the home offices of the Outskirts of Suburbia. I've been a little out of the Christmas thing here for the last couple of weeks, so this morning I took some pictures of the ornaments I got while I was stationed in Germany. 30 years ago. I hope everyone has an awesome holiday season and thank you very much to all my regular viewers. Both of you.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Some birds make you work for the prize. This dude here was a pain. I chased him for a half hour. He finally stopped for some pine nuts and I had him. I had caught up with him between the Scotsman's Picnic Area and the Siamese Twins in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial, West Virginia Avenue, Belmar Park, Lakewood Colorado. Jefferson County. The Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation was formed in 1989. The monument honors all Colorado firefighters who have died in the line of duty whether career, volunteer, union, non-union, structural or wildland and federal firefighters assigned to Colorado. The annual memorial ceremony is held in mid-May each year.

Monday, December 21, 2015

There is more than a couple rock outcrops in Colorado known as Chimney Rock. This is the second best known and is in Montezuma County, 18 miles south southwest of Cortez and 18 miles east northeast of 4 Corners. I know about this stone building on the back side of the Rock but a sign similar to the one pictured dissuaded me from driving around. A local saw me turn around and flagged me down. After 45 minutes of talking and him telling me it was fine to drive around I was able to check this destination off the road trip to do list.